The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.

Too much truth is uncouth.

The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth.

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.